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A trusted peer space for leaders who believe collaborative learning is how organizations grow.

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Honest conversations with influential voices in L&D about making learning collaborative, strategic, and part of everyday work.

“I highly believe in the strength of a network. I get very inspired by the diversity of thought and it’s a great platform to share thoughts and ideas with others. Coming together on a specific interesting topic, learning about other businesses or ways of working. Being part of something exciting!”

Melanie Calle

Sr. Manager, Talent Development | Kontoor Brands

“It’s great to meet like-minded people who share the same passion. Everyone brings different perspectives that broaden my thinking and help me spot patterns in my own organization. Learning from peers and exchanging real experiences is what I value most about this community.”

Sami M Leppänen

Head of L&D PMO, People and Comms | KONE

“This is the first community I genuinely make time for. Every meeting is professionally facilitated and full of inspiration and practical value. The session on creating a feedback culture was a highlight—especially since we were researching our own feedback processes at the time. I walked away with concrete ideas I could apply right away.”

Marianne Helenius

Head of Group L&D | Cimcorp Group

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What is L&D Leaders about?

L&D Leaders is a space for forward-thinking mid-to-senior learning professionals who want to make learning more collaborative, impactful, and connected to everyday work.

Through our community and podcast, leaders learn from each other, experiment together, and search for better ways to lead learning as a strategic part of their organizations.

As technology and AI reshape how people learn and work, we focus on combining the best of both worlds — using new possibilities while keeping learning human with dialogue, reflection, and shared sense-making.

Powered by Howspace, L&D Leaders connects peers across Europe in real conversations and shared practice.

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WEBINAR 17 MARCH, 2026 | 11AM CET

5 AI Opportunities to transform L&D: From content to social learning

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 Egle Vinauskaite 
 Strategic Advisor on AI in L&D, 
 Nodes 

L&D Leaders Podcast Ep #03 with Domenico Dargenio, Leadership and Culture Transformation at Fortum

In this episode, we discuss how leadership, learning, and culture come together when organizations go through massive transformation. We explore why psychological safety is the foundation for learning and change, and how Fortum is bringing capability development to where the problem is – embedding learning into real work rather than isolating it in training rooms. Domenico also walks us through how they're using Cultural Ambassadors and social learning to make the change stick.

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“It’s great to meet like-minded people who share the same passion. Everyone brings different perspectives that broaden my thinking and help me spot patterns in my own organization. Learning from peers and exchanging real experiences is what I value most about this community.”

Sami M Leppänen

Head of L&D PMO, People and Comms | KONE

“This is the first community I genuinely make time for. Every meeting is professionally facilitated and full of inspiration and practical value. The session on creating a feedback culture was a highlight—especially since we were researching our own feedback processes at the time. I walked away with concrete ideas I could apply right away.”

Marianne Helenius

Head of Group L&D | Cimcorp Group

“I highly believe in the strength of a network. I get very inspired by the diversity of thought and it’s a great platform to share thoughts and ideas with others. Coming together on a specific interesting topic, learning about other businesses or ways of working. Being part of something exciting!”

Melanie Calle

Sr. Manager, Talent Development | Kontoor Brands

Sami M Leppänen, KONE
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People behind L&D Leaders

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Hanna Liimatainen

Hanna, host of the L&D Leaders Podcast, draws on her background in communications, systemic thinking and digital facilitation to help organizations reimagine how people work, lead, and learn.

With her warm yet thought-provoking style, she sparks conversations that reveal not just what works in learning, but why, and how others can put it into practice.

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Emilia Åström

Our community lead Emilia is a learning experience designer, facilitator and community builder who helps L&D leaders turn learning into living, social systems.

Rooted in design thinking, digital transformation, and collaborative learning, she inspires organizations to make learning more participatory, human, and impactful.

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Ep #01 with Katarina Noén, Head of Learning for Sweden at Ericsson

 In this episode, Katarina shares how she helps people learn and grow inside a global, fast-moving tech organization. We discuss what it takes to build future capabilities at scale, why social learning matters, and how to keep learning connected to real business needs. Katarina talks about working across functions and industries, and creating spaces where people learn from each other through real projects, mentoring, and communities.

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